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' W. A. PEGK.

MANUFAGTURE 0F GIGAR BUNGHBS.

Patented May 5, 1891.

f i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALTER A. PEOK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IVIANUFACTU'RE OF ClGAR-BUNCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,737, dated May 5, 1891. Application ined Aprile, 1890'. seria No. 346,659. (remodel.)

citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Oigar-Bunches, of Which the following is a specification.

Heretofore it has been customary in the manufacture of cigar-bunches to take a mass of loose fillers and without giving any denite form or shape thereto roll the binder cylindrically thereon. By this old method the fillers at the ends of the bound bunch are necessarily loose and unconfined, and there is always more or less surplus binder projecting at the ends of the bunch. To properly apply the Wrapper to a bunch of this description it has been necessary to first remove the projecting surplus of binder and then to either subject the bunch to the action of a mold to give it the proper form and shape for the cigar to be made therefrom, or else to bring the bunch to the proper form so far as possible during the operation of putting on the Wrapper. This latter is a difficult operation, especially in the case of cigars having a pronounced taper at one or both ends, and re` quires a high degree of skill and careful manipulation on the part of the Workman, and, moreover, by such operation an undue strain is liable to be brought upon the Wrapper both during the process of applying it and afterward, and to subject the bunches to the action of molds involves time, labor, and eX`- pense.

The object of the present invention is to produce a bound cigar-bunch of substantially the form and shape of the cigar to be made therefrom, which said bunch shall be in condition to have the wrapper neatly and smoothly applied thereto Without the necessity of subjecting the bunch to the action of a mold and without involving the necessity of the bunch being brought to shape during the process of putting on the wrapper; and to that end the invention relates to a method of forming cigar-bunches, Which consists in rst shaping the mass of loose fillers into substantially the form of the cigar to be produced and holding said fillers in such form, and then Winding the binder spirally thereon in reverse diiections, whereby a cigar-bunch will be produced of substantially the shape of In carrying my invention into practice I prefer to make use of a suitable rolling-chamber, of substantially the form of the cigar to be produced, as the most convenient means for giving the desired form and shape to the mass of llers from which the bunch is to be made'. Any other suitable means, however, may be employed for the purpose. Vhen the rolling chamber is used, aproper quantity of loose llers is placed in said chamber, and thereby by rolling or otherwise brought into substantially the shape of the cigar to be produced. When the mass of llers has been brought into the desired shape and while they are held in such shape in the rollingchamber, the binder is to be Wound spirally thereon, as hereinafter described. I prefer to roll the mass of illers in the rolling-chamber before applying the binder thereto, and thus more thoroughly insure the proper shaping lof the mass; but, if desired, the binder may be applied at the commencement of the rolling operation, in Which case the shaping of the mass will be sufficientlyY effected by the shape or form of the chamber itself or by the preliminary turns which necessarily take place in starting the binder thereon.

In putting on the binder, Which is preferably of an elongated form, the end of the binder is applied to the mass of fillers intermediate of the ends thereof, and the binder is Wound spirally thereon toward that end of the mass which is to form the head or point of the cigar, and lthen turned upon itself and Wound back in a reverse spiral to or toward the opposite end of the mass-that is, the end which is to form the tuck of the cigar, and thereby snugly inclose and firmly bind and hold the llers in the proper tapering form for the reception of the Wrapper. In most cases it will be sufficient to run the binder back to or toward the tuck end of the bunch; bu-t in case cigars with tapering tucks are to be made the binder may, if desired, on reaching the tuck end be again turned upon itself and wound back by a reverse spiral toward the place of beginning, and thus inclose and bind IOO the tuck end likewise in the proper form. The end of the binder may be' secured 4by paste or in any other suitable manner.

Figure l represents a loose unshaped mass of fillers from which the bunch is to be formed for the manufacture 0f a tapering cigar. y Fig. 2 represents a longitudinalsection of the cigar-bunch when Wound in practically cylindrical form with a projecting surplusof binder,

as heretofore in the manufacture of cigars. Fig. 3 represents the mass of fillers shown in Fig. l when compactly held in tapering-cigary form to carry out my improved method of manufacture. Fig. 4 represents the same when the binder is first started to Wind spirally from the middle portion toward the head end'upon the compactly-held fillers. Fig. 5 represents the same when the binder has been Wound spirally to the Ihead end and started to return spirally along the Abody portion of the bunch. Fig.' 6 represents the same'when the binder has been Wound spirally from the head to the tuck and started to return from, the tuck to the middle portion. Fig. 7 'represents the completely-bound cigar-bunch having the proper tapering-cigar lform and Without a projecting surplus of binder.

In the accompanying drawings, A, Fig. l, represents a loose massl of cigar-fillers made of unequal length, and so distributed in the mass that upon the proper compression ofthe fillers transversely and the application of the binder and the nal wrapper thereto va properly-tapered cigar can vbe made, and in Fig. 2 A represents the fillers shown inv Fig.

-1 inclosed in a practically'cylindrical form by means of'a binderB, as usual in the manufacture of cigars, and leaving in most cases a projecting surplus a of binder, which surplus'must be carefully removed prior to the application of the final'wrap'pen'the said bunchbeing tightly hound only at its middle portion, leaving the viiller ends b b loose and liable to displacement.

In carrying out my improved method of making bunches for the manufacture of tapering cigarsl l first hold the mass of fillersshown in Fig. l in compact tapering-cigar form by any suitable means, as by inclosing the same inthe rolling chamber or pocket of a cigar binding or Wrappin g machine of proper construction, and then Wind the biuder,which is made in elongated form, spirally thereon toward and from either of the ends of the compactly-held mass of cigar-fillers.

In Figa-4: the elongated binder C is represented as beingstarted to Wind from the middle portion toward the head end c of the [illerbunch, and upon the arrival of the edge d of the binder at the head end c of the bunch, as shown in Fig. 5, the binder is to be inclined backward to form a reverse spiral from the head end toward the middle portion, as shown in'Figs. 5 and 6, and when the edge e of the binder has reached the tuck end f of the bunch, as shown in Fig. 6,the Winding may be either complet-ed in the same direction or vthe direction of the spiral may be reversed by a backward change in the inclination of the binder and wou nd to completion inthe reverse direction from the tuck f, as shown in Fig. 7, thus producing a completed bunch D, in which the fillers are compactly held by the binder at all parts of the 'bunch-in taperedcigar form and adapted to receive the final Wrapper, which, on account of the reverse spiral lapping of the binder 'and the tightlyheld tapering ends of the bunch, will b'e relieved from the strain due to the elasticity of the compressed fillers and can be Wound smoothly upon the-bunch to produce the very 'best grade of work.

I- claim as myinvention* l. The method of making cigar-bunches, which consists in first holding theiller'sl in tapering format the head end of the bunch and then Winding the bi'ndersjspirally thereon toward and from the' head, whereby the fillers will be bound in proper tapering form, as set forth.

2. A cigar-:bunch having its mass of fillers taperingftowardlth'e head end of the bunch and having a binder Wound spirally thereon toward and from the head, whereby the iillers are bound firmly in proper "tapering form, substantially as described'.

WALTER A. PECK.

Witnesses:

W. H. THURs'roN, S. SCHOLFIELD. 

